Time Flies

It's hard to believe that Logan is already five months old. Emma is so in love with him and gives him kisses constantly.

Here he is at five months exactly. Such a big boy!

Here is Logan next to Maia's 10 lb 11 oz newborn. I think Logan is around 15 lb. She is going to catch up to Logan in no time.

Finally, here is Malia and Logan on Thanksgiving. Malia is Logan's cousin, and she is two weeks older than him and about three pounds heavier! She started off two pounds heavier at birth, but the difference in their body type is amazing. I could only hold her for a few minutes before I gave her back because she was so heavy. ;)

We Did It!

Friday night, we moved Logan to his crib in Emma's room. His bassinet has a weight limit of 15 pounds, so he could no longer fit in it. We had talks with Emma throughout these past five months that said she couldn't put anything little in his crib, she couldn't put blankets in, etc. The first night went well. He got up at 3 and 6 to eat like he always does. The only problem was that when I put him back in his bed at around 6:20, Emma was awake because she'd heard me come in. For some reason, Logan didn't go back to sleep. Every sound that he made, she mimicked and I could hear it all on the monitor as I tried to go back to sleep. I finally admitted defeat at around 7 and just got them out of bed.

Naptime the next day was awful. She doesn't actually nap, but she plays quietly in her bed. This was fine until Logan realized she was up and decided not to take a nap. Matt finally suggested we set up the playpen in our room and he can sleep there until he starts sleeping through the night so me going in there doesn't wake up Emma. I did this, and he got a full two hour nap yesterday. Not only that, Emma slept past 6:20! :) He might never leave our room . . .

So now, I need to change the title of this blog, because while we did do it, we un-did it. :)

The Battle of the Sickies

I just couldn't resist sharing these baby blue eyes and this bright red hair:

And when the day becomes too much for him, he forgets it all with a nap on the comfy rocker.

Last Wednesday, Logan and I went to Emma's Thanksgiving Feast at her preschool. The kids got to "make" things even though the meal was already prepared. Emma and her BFF, Malena, are pounding away at the dough here.

They made turkeys that stated what they are thankful for on the feathers. Emma is thankful for Daddy, Logan, and Mommy. Before they ate, the kids had to go around and say what they are thankful for. Emma said, "my baby," not mommy or daddy! :)

I just had to throw this in here, although she is going to kill me. Here is my friend, Maia (Malena's mom) at a zillion years pregnant, with her husband. Look at that adorable baby bump!

Her teacher read a book that had actions, and they were all on the school bus. Malena was the teacher and Emma was one of the kids on the bus. It was adorable.

Emma made some kind of cranberry, marshmallow, cool whip mixture. She LOVES marshmallows and cool whip, but only took one bite of whatever this was supposed to be.

On Thursday, she woke up with welts on her upper body and a swollen face. I called Matt and asked him to come home because I couldn't miss class again. He took her to the doctor and they think she either has mono (great) or an allergic reaction to the medicine she was on for her strep throat. We are leaning toward the allergic reaction. Benedryll wasn't helping, so we had to get her a prescription allergy medicine, which seems to be doing the trick. Hopefully she'll be able to go back to school on Monday!

Here she is on day two before the prescription:

I hope this is the last sickness of the year that we will have to deal with!

Shriner's Circus

This weekend Matt and I took the kids to the Shriner's Circus. My sister, Theresa, and my nephew, Gabriel, came along with us. Emma was more interested in the flashing necklace that daddy bought her than she was in the circus! She was excited to go, though. She really wanted to see the elephants, which was the second to the last act, of course. Gabriel really wanted to see the motorcycles in the ball, which just happened to be the very last act.

Emma chose to buy the necklace, but she tried on the flashing glasses that Gabriel bought. They were ten bucks! They better last for a long time.

Emma has NEVER had cotton candy, but Matt got some for her and Gabriel. She loved it, of course. Who doesn't love pure sugar?

Logan was most interested in the flashing lights. He wanted to go to sleep so badly but had trouble doing so since it was so noisy.

After the circus, we came home for naps, but of course Emma didn't sleep. Logan and I did, though. :) That night, Emma and I went to rent Cinderella from Blockbuster. She got popcorn in her trick or treat bag and said that she wanted to pop popcorn and watch a movie with daddy. When I asked her which movie, she said Cinderella, which is her favorite princess. She has actually never seen Cinderella, but she loved it and ate almost the whole bag of popcorn! Matt and I have both seen it multiple times, but we watched it again with our own little princess. :)

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the cutest baby of all? Logan LOVES to look at himself.

Tough Week!

This one is especially for Emily:

Emma has had a tough week. Sunday night she banged her head on the rocker and her nose started bleeding. Matt put some toilet paper up there to stop it, and she thought it was funny. When it was time for bed, she told Matt, "Dad! I can't go to bed looking like THIS!" Here is a picture of her "looking like this." :)

After school on Monday she came home extremely clingy and saying she had a headache, which I thought was from her banging her head. I gave her some Tylenol and took her temperature, and she had one. On Wednesday, the fever was still there. There were also tiny bumps on her hands, feet, and mouth, which is what it looked like about a year and a half ago when she had hand-foot-mouth disease (this was when she had that, plus her first ear infection ever, PLUS impetigo at the same time, AND it was the week Matt left for his eight month training) I took her to the doctor where she was diagnosed with strep! Her throat was so red and raw! It seems that about 10% get a rash with strep, which I never knew. I had asked her earlier that day if it hurt and she said no, so who knew? On top of it all, she has a cough. Poor baby. Hopefully next week will be better.

Moving On Up!

I titled this moving on up because the kids are getting so big! Emma will be starting kindergarten next fall, and that is so hard for me to believe. On Friday, Matt went and had lunch at her preschool, and she was SO excited. When I picked her up, her teacher told me that Emma was super excited about it. I didn't get that comment when I had lunch with her. Hmm . . .

Yesterday, Logan was SUPER fussy. We have no idea what his problem was, but I was looking forward to bedtime. Here he is in Emma's room (or I guess his room now, too, when he moves into it) ready to take off.

Emma decided she wanted to be in the picture, so I got both of them together. Notice how he is looking at that tootsie roll she is eating and not at the camera? He hasn't started solids yet (much to my family's objections), and candy definitely won't be his first food!

Emma is ready for her close-up here . . .

And a great big hug.

Finally, Logan decided he'd had enough of tummy time. He is not a big fan of it, anyway, so here is a great picture of his tantrum. He woke up in a great mood, so I am sure today will be a better day!

Only To Me . . .

Here's something that could only happen to me. It was like a series of unfortunate events. Logan, Emma, and I got home from picking Emma up from school today. I picked Logan up from his car seat and noticed he had pooped out his diaper and up his back A LOT. Of course, he was wearing a two-piece outfit so it leaked out all over the car seat (I later had to take the cover off and wash that, of course, because that just adds to the fun, right?). I laid him down on his belly on the blanket so that I could just wipe him down without getting the blanket dirty. Clever, right?? Right. Ha!

Logan chose that exact moment to roll over for the first time. Seriously. He started to act like he was going to do it, and I didn't stop it because I didn't want to ruin his first rollover!! Everything left in his diaper squished out onto his back, where it was further squished. My big helper, Emma, brought me a diaper and wipes so I could clean him up, which I did. I moved him off the dirty spot on the blanket so I could keep him clean, but he started kicking, and kicked himself right into the dirty spot. His poor little head landed on it and got poop all over it! :( At this point, I gave up trying to clean him with a baby wipe first and just plopped him in the bathtub. He's lucky he's so darn cute.

Voting Day!

Finally, finally, FINALLY the day has arrived to vote. The political emails are enough to make me crazy. Matt and I took the kids to the polls today when we voted. I tried to explain the importance of voting to her, who the candidates are, etc. Of course, this was all explained to a four-year-old, so it may have went over her head. I didn't tell her who I voted for at first, but she sure did talk a lot about "Jarack" Obama!!! We finally got her to say the "b" on Barack, and told her that Barack is who mommy and daddy like. She must have heard mommy and daddy talk a lot about him and knew who we were voting for, then she formed her own opinion. :)

Afterwards, we all went to Starbucks for our free coffee for performing our civic duty. :)

Happy Halloween!

Halloween started off great! It was perfect weather outside, and of course Emma was wearing a very warm costume. :) I was a party planner for Emma's preschool Halloween party, and we started off with a game of hot potato, only they used a witch's broom. Emma made it fairly far before she was out.

Next, they made ghosts out of tootsie pops and coffee filters. Emma loves running around with it and saying "whhhoooooo."

After that, the preschoolers made spiders out of crackers, pretzels, raisins, and peanut butter. I think Emma enjoyed making it more than she did eating it.

Later, that night, we went to my grandma's house to go trick or treating. My uncles and cousins were there, so we joined them for trick or treating. Emma had a blast!

I forgot the stroller, so Logan got to be carried the whole time. Most houses had steps to the front door, so I stayed down with Logan and Matt took Emma up. She loved having daddy trick or treat with her.

Matt held Emma's trick or treat bag between every house. She claimed it was too heavy for her. :)